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Learn About The Awful Truth And The Hard Facts About Drunk Driving Accidents

Learn About The Awful Truth And The Hard Facts About Drunk Driving Accidents by: Michael Sanford One minute your in the bar, having a couple of laughs with someone you just met. The flirting rises as both of you chug down your drinks. As you dri...

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Do You Have a Case Against Your Stock Broker? Ten ways to Tell

Investing in the stock market can be an exciting and potentially rewarding experience. However, it can also be a complex and potentially risky one. For many investors, working with a stockbroker can be an important part of the investment process. A s...

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Have you chosen the right type of business to protect your assets?

As small business owners are well aware, we live in a time where anyone who feels that they have been wronged files a lawsuit. Now, more than ever, it is important that small businesses examine their options to determine the correct type of business ...

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What Qualifies As Wrongful Death Litigation?

In many cases, victims are usually unable to file a lawsuit themselves, especially when that person is already deceased or suffered huge injuries. In a wrongful death case, personal representatives of the estate of a deceased person are allowed to fi...

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What is a Structured Settlement

What is a Structured Settlement by: Amit Laufer A Structured Settlement is an agreement between a personal injury victim ( a Plaintiff ) and an Insurance company ( the Defendant ) to compensate the Plaintiff by the defendant with long term perio...

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Minority Shareholders – Fighting The Man

Minority Shareholders – Fighting The Man by: Richard A. Chapo Investing in a corporate entity is fairly standard practice in our society. Problems arise when you own a small percentage of shares, but disagree with the direction the majority sh...

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Approval Of The Passage Of Zadroga Bill

After a long drawn struggle in which both the big parties of United States traded a lot of statistics, claims and counterclaims, the Zadroga Bill was finally passed by the Senate in late December 2010. The bill is named after James Zadroga who was on...

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Did A Doctor Explain To You That You Had A Cyst While You Had Breast Cancer

Being told one has cancer is something no one wants to hear It is no surprise that a female patient might take it as very reassuring when her doctor notifies her that she only has fibrocystic breast changes and that there is no need to worry about th...

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When Is An Insurance Company Acting In Bad Faith In California?

Implicit in every insurance policy is the promise of good faith and fair dealing. In California, when an insurer refuses to settle a claim on behalf of its insuredthereby financially jeopardizing the insuredit is acting in bad faith. In such instance...

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Is Reinstating The Draft Such a Bad Idea?

The idea of reinstating a military draft in the United States has been a topic of discussion for several decades. In recent years, calls for its reinstatement have been fueled by a variety of factors including rising tensions with North Korea, China ...

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